Plant
Lilium Tigrinum
Tiger-lily
Repertory abbreviation: Lil-t.
Manifests powerful influence over the pelvic organs, and is adapted to maliy reflex states dependent on some pathological condition of uterus and ovaries. More often indicated in unmarried women. The action on the heart is very marked. Pain in small spots. [Oxal. dr.] Rheumatic arthritis.
Mind
Tormented about her salvation. Consolation aggravates. Profound depression of spirits. Constant inclination to weep. Anxious; fears some organic and incurablc disease. Disposed to curse, strike, think ob- scene things. Ainless, hurried manrer; must keep busy.
Head
Hot, dull, heavy. Faint in warm room. Wild feeling in head.
Eyes
Hyperaesthesia of retina. Pain, extending back into head; lachrymation; and impaired vision. Myopic astigmia.
Stomach
Flatulent ; nausea, with sensation of lump in stomach. Hungry; longs for meat. Thirsty, drinks often and much, and before severe symptoms.
Abdomen
Abdomen sore, distended ; trembling sen- sation in abdomen. Pressure downwards and back- wards against rectum and anus; worse, standing: bet- ter, walking in open air. Bearing down in lower part oi
Stool
Constant desire to defecate, from pressure lu! rectum, worse standing. Pressure down the ans Early-morning urgent stool.1 Iysentery; mucus and blood, with tenesinus, especially in plethioric and nervous women at change of life.
Urinary
Frequent urging. Urine milky, scanty, hot.
Female
Menses early, scanty, dark, clottrd, offen- sive; flore only zehen moving about. Rearing-doren sey- sation witl urgcut desire for sioot, as though all organs zuould cscufe. Ceases when resting. [Sep.; Lac c.; Bcll.] Congestion of utcrns, prolapse, and anteversio. Constant desire to support parts externally. 1 Pain in ovaries and down thighs. Acrid, brown leucorrhcea; smarting in labia. Sexua! instinct awakened. Bloated feeling in uterine region. Sub-involution.
Heart
Sensation as if heart were grasped in a vise. [Cact.] Feels full to bursting. P'ulsations over whole body. Palpitation; irregular pulse; very rapid. Pain in cardiac region, with feeling of a load on chest. ( Cnld feeling about heart. Suffocating feeling in a crowdcd! and warm room. [.pis: Iod.; Lyc.: Puls.]
Extremities
-- Cannot walk on uneven ground. Pain in back and spine, with trembling, but oftener in front of a pressing-down character. Pricking in fingers. Pain in right hip. Legs ache; cannot keep them still. Pain in ankle joint. Burning palms and soles.
Sleep
Unrefreshing, with disagreeable dreaus. Un- able to sleep, with wild feeling in head.
Fever
Great heat and lassitude in afternoon, with throbbing throughout body.
Modalities
Il'orse, consolation, warm room. Better, fresh air.
Relationships
Compare: Cact.: Hclon.; Mur.x; Scp.: Plat.; Pallad. Antidote: Helon.
Dose
The middle and higher potencies seem to have done best. Its curative action sometimes is slow in de- veloping itself.